Garment fastener



April 2z 1924. 1,491,294'v G. DEL. FAVERO GARMENT FASTENER Filed Sent. 2'7 1923 Patented Apr, 22, 1924i. i

GEORGE DEL FVERO, OF CLEVELANIB, (EH10.

. GARMENT Application filed September 27, 1923. Serial No. 665,156.

To all u1/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, GEORGE DEL Favnno, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and e State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention is an improvement upon u) the garment fastener disclosed in Letters Patent, No. 1,437,727, granted to me December 5, 1922, and the object of the present improvement is to provide a holding member of such form that it may be readily engaged le in and used in connection with the ordinary suspender cast oli now generally used. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

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Figure l is a view, partly in elevation and partly broken away and in section, of my improved garment fastener showing the same applied to the waistband of a garment and engaged with one end of the cast olf of a pair of Suspenders;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the garment fastener showing the attaching member and the holding member separated Sie but approximately in their proper relative positions.

In carrying out my invention, I employ an attaching plate l which is preferably a Hat sheet metal plate provided with openings 2 at its ends through which rivets 3 may be 1nserted to secure the plate in the waistband of a garment, more generally a pair of trousers. It is intended that the lining of the waistband be doubled or constructed in several plies so that, when the fastener is secured in position, the attaching plate will lie between the outer cloth of the garment and the outer ply of the waistband lining, while the inner ply of the waistband or lining will cover the heads of the rivets and no metal parts will thus be exposed. Secured upon the outer face of the attaching plate l is a pocket or socket member consisting of a fiat plate of sheet metal having its ends 4 rigidly secured to the attaching plate and having its intermediate portion struck out from its ends to provide an outer wall 5 disposed parallel with the attaching plate and side walls 6 connecting the outer wall 5 with the end portions Il, ythereby providing A a socket or pocket which may be' engaged by' the holdingmember. rlhe side walls 6 are perpendicular to the end portions 4L and the outer intermediate .vall 5 and converge slightly downwardly so that the lower end of the poclretis of somewhat less area than the upper end thereof. The holding meinber of the fastener is formed from a strand of wire bent to provide the side portions 7 which are preferably somewhat resilient and may be readily pressedtoward each other so that their lower extremities mayA be engaged in the upper open end of the pocket. The lower extremities of these side members 7 are turned slightly outward so as to present c the retaining hooked terminals 8 which are adapted to engage under the lower edges of the side walls 6 of the pocket and thereby prevent premature or acidental withdrawal of the holding member from the pocket. The holding member also comprises an upper intermediate vportion 9 which connects the upper ends of the side members 7 and is folded or bent centrally to define a depending tongue l0 which is adapted to be engaged through the eye or opening 1l in the end of the suspender cast olf l2, as shown clearly in Fig. l. The tongue l0 may be given any preferred contour and, in the present instance, is illustrated as an ovalshaped eye or loop having its side members diverging downwardly and crossing at their upper ends where they merge into the connecting portion of the holder. This formation provides the tongue with a widened lower end which will extend transversely of the eye 11 in the suspender cast olf so that the cast olf will not easily slip from the tongue during movements of the body of the wearer but will always retain its engagement with the tongue so that the garment will be properly supported. The illustrated formation of the tongue and the holding member also provides spaces, indicated at 13, between the sides of the holding member and the tongue at the upper end thereof in which the side portions of the cast oil` will be crowded so as to further aid in preventing accidental separation of the cast olf and the holding member.

In the use of my device, the attaching plate with the pocket thereon is secured within the waistband portion of the garment and a slight opening is left in the upper edge of the garment by leaving the lining free from the outer cloth at a point immediately over the pocket. The holding. member may tive relation.

be enga-ged through the suspender cast off and the side portions thereof then slightly pressed together so that the hooks 8 may be readily inserted into the upper end of the pocket. If the holdingl member be then pushed downwardly through the pocket, the extremities of theside members 7 will eventually pass thro-ugh the lower end of the pocket, whereupon the hooks 8 will at once spring outwardly into engagement with the side walls 6 of the poclrets, as shown in Fig. l, and effectually retain the parts in operarllhe weight of the garment when worn will hold the suspender cast off in engagement with the tongue lO and against the side portions of the upper connecting member 9 of the holding` element of the fastener andwhen the garment is rei moved the shape of the tongue will retain the engagement between the same and the cast off so that it will not be necessary to perform the operation of engaging the suspender cast 0H with the holding member of the fastener every time the garment is donned or removed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A garment fastener comprising a keeper member consisting of an attaching plate adapted to be secured to a garment, and a plate secured at its ends to one face of the attaching plate and having its intermediate portion struck out to provide a front wall spaced from the attaching plate and side Vwalls converging downwardly and connecting the front wall and the end portions, the said walls and the attaching plate defining socket open at its upper and lower ends, and a holding` member consisting of a single strand of wire having spaced resilient downwardly converging side members and an intermediate portion connecting the upper ends of said side members, said inter-mediate portion having branches crossing each other midway between the side members and diver-ging downwardly on straight lines with their lower extremities integrally united to form a central depending tongue to engage through a slotted garment-suspending device, said tongue having a widened lower end to retain the suspending device in engagement therewith7 saidrside members being inscrtible through the pocket to lie against the inner surfaces of the sidewalls thereof and having outwardlyT projecting hooked terminals to engage under the lower. ends of the said side walls.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE DEL FAVERO. [Le] 

